Teacher Professional Development Summer 2026
Soil • Food Systems • Climate Resilience
📅 August 3–5, 2026 (+ Aug 6–7 for Graduate Credit)
📍 Vermont Farm and Forest School
A hands-on professional learning experience for Grades 3–8+ educators. This course is available for both non-credit and graduate credit participants.
Deepen your understanding of how soil health, food systems, and climate resilience are interconnected—and bring that learning directly into your classroom. Through field-based investigations on working farms and applied classroom strategies, you’ll build the knowledge, skills, and confidence to teach NGSS-aligned science in meaningful, place-based ways.
Design and implement lessons that help students explore real-world challenges, from soil ecosystems to resilient food systems in a changing climate.
🌾 All Participants Receive:
✔ Ready-to-teach, NGSS-aligned curriculum (Grades 3–5, adaptable for 6–8+)
✔ Targeted training in core science concepts (soil systems, ecosystems, climate connections)
✔ Hands-on experience with field investigations and classroom integration
✔ Full materials kit to support implementation
🌾 Non-Credit Option (3 Days: Aug 3–5, 24 hours):
✔ 3-day workshop with meals included
💰 Cost: $850 (financial aid available)
🌾 Graduate Credit Option (5 Days: Aug 3–7, 46 hours):
✔ 5-day workshop with meals included
✔ Additional coursework
✔ Coaching support
✔ CE hours + optional extended coaching
💰 Cost: $1,635 (includes 3 graduate credits through Vermont State University)
👥 Limited to 12 participants. Register HERE
📩 Contact: Misse Axelrod
misse@vermontfarmandforestschool.org
Vermont Farm and Forest School
🌱 Farm-Based • NGSS-Aligned • Climate-Focused • Community-Connected
The Farm & Forest Experience
Are you a teacher, scout leader, camp director, college professor, manager, or leader of an organization? Are you looking for a fun and effective way to build leadership skills, group cohesion, and personal responsibility?
Come spend a day at VFFS and step into life on a Vermont farm — where outdoor learning leads to individual and group growth.
The Farm & Forest Experience is a day-long immersion workshop designed to deepen your group’s connection to and understanding of the natural world, food systems, and sustainability.
Sign up!With programs tailored to children, teenagers, and adults, we provide hands-on experiential learning to help your students, campers, and employees connect to the natural landscape, develop leadership skills, and deepen their understanding of sustainability.
Through our unique outdoor program, your group will leave more connected to each other and the land, and ready to grow positive change.
Immerse your group on the farm and learn the ins and outs of Food Systems through hands-on experiences.
